Bai Ming, who decided to leave, asked Mikodi to put the pot of freshly cooked vegetable soup into a thermos pot made of bamboo tubes and take it away.

Fubo, on the other hand, properly tidied up his backpack and left some unnecessary burdens at Yuzidi's home.

In this way, the two people who were ready together with the reluctant Mikochi began to head towards the top of the mountain!

………………………………

The three of them followed the weedy mountain road to the front of a steep slope halfway up the mountain.

Bai Ming, who was full of physical strength, walked in front to clear the thick weeds on the mountain road, as for the physical strength of the imperial land............

"Wait............ Bai Ming, you're walking too fast! ”

Yuzidi, who was hanging far behind Bai Ming, was still tired and out of breath even though he had floating waves on the side.

"Your stamina is really weak! Miko Land. ”

"You're too active............ Ha...... Ha ......"

"Work hard! Miko Land. Bai Ming pushed aside the grass and looked at the road in front of him.

"I'll help you with the next steep slope, Mikochi." Fubo said as he walked over to Mikodi's side and helped the other party to move on.

"Thank you, Fubo!" With the help of Fubo, Mikochi said gratefully.

"It's okay! Is it okay to move on? Fubo asked, holding Miko.

“………… Barely enough! Mikochi said after taking a breath.

"Climb these steep slopes, and the next road will be easy to walk! Miko Land. Bai Ming kept clearing the weeds on the road and said to the prince behind him.

"You don't have to be in such a hurry! Bai Ming. ”

"Miko Land ............"

"Huh?"

"Bai Ming is also helping out in places you didn't notice!" Fubo pointed to the earthen platform that had been cleared out by Bai Ming.

“………… She's making a way for me......"

"That's right! The trail has been unpassable lately, so it's covered with weeds...... Bai Ming probably chose to help you open the way in order to make it easier for you to move forward! Fubo said as he looked at the grass stubble left behind by the machete on the ground.

"Speaking of which............ I was ............ when I came back just now," Mikochi recalled the situation when he transported the lockers before, thoughtfully.

"Look, that's right!"

“……………… Not! ”

After clearing the weeds, Bai Ming put away his machete and stretched out his hands to Yuzidi, who had already climbed to the bottom of the steep slope.

"Come on! Come on! ”

"Huh! Not............ Drink! ”

Yuzidi grabbed Bai Ming's hands and struggled to climb up, while Fubo stood beside her and squatted down.

"Mikoji, put your foot on my hand and climb up as a pedal!"

“………… Oh! Thank you, Fubo! ”

Mikodi hesitated for a moment, but still put his little feet on Fubo's folded hands.

"Bai Ming! Let's work together! ”

"Got it! Floating waves. ”

"One, two, three!"

Eventually, she climbed the steep slope, patting the dust off her knees and sighing.

"Ah.................. Finally catching up with you! ”

"Thank you!" After Bai Ming said hard to the royal land, he turned to the floating waves that were still under the steep slope and asked, "Na! Fubo, do you want my help? ”

"No need."

After Fubo finished speaking, he jumped up the steep slope that Yuzidi had taken a lot of effort to climb up.

"Oh! That's amazing! ”

Facing the floating waves with the bouncing power like jerboas, Yuzidi and Bai Ming both subconsciously puffed up their hands.

"It's almost time to eat, isn't it?" Finally put the panting Miko land proposed.

"Oh! Wait a minute! ”

Bai Ming, who heard the movement in the bushes, ran to search for the source of the sound as he spoke.

"Huh? What are you doing? Bai Ming. ………… Belch! The confused Yuzidi was startled by the two behemoths that Bai Ming had found.

"Sit on them and walk so we can eat and walk...... It's killing two birds with one stone! Bai Ming said as he introduced the two black beetles he had just met.

"Yes~~~~~~" the black beetle responded.

"Oh~~~ It's really a great help!" Fubo said with a smile.

Only Yuzidi's face was a little bad, and his body became very stiff. However, in order not to drag the two of them back, she still sat on the back of a beetle............

With the help of the two black beetles, the speed of the three of them has improved greatly, and there is no need for Bai Ming to deliberately cut down those weeds that stand in the way.

So, Bai Ming, who was liberated from the hard work of cleaning up weeds, was eating the vegetable soup made at noon with a comfortable face on his face.

"Ahh Readily! Readily! Right! Miko Land. ”

“……………………”

In the face of Bai Ming's inquiry, Yu Zidi was nervous and stiff at the moment, and he had no time to pay attention to it.

"It does save a lot of trouble!" Fubo, who was also sitting on the back of the beetle, broke off a piece of long bread that he had brought from home and handed it to Bai Ming.

"Na! That's right! Feeling can come in handy in many places............ Why don't we take care of it? Bai Ming took the bread and said with a smile.

"Absolutely not!" Hearing Bai Ming say this, Yuzidi immediately rejected her proposal excitedly.

"What? Are you bitter about bugs? ”

Yuzidi was silent for a while, and muttered with a somewhat lost expression:

“………… It's hard to raise............ It probably happened 10 years ago! That was before I came to Maunaida...... I used to raise a big bird in my hometown...... His name is Kraft, and he is a big bird with snow-white feathers............"

“………… Is it a sunset kite? ”

"It's all said............ It's a snow-white bird! ………… Although it is said to be raised, it is actually just feeding it every morning! Speaking of which, he likes my vegetable soup the most! ………… Every time I eat, I dye my beak red............," Mikochi said with a smile holding a thermos cup in his arms.

"What happened to the bird............ Fubo asked, finishing the bread in his hand.

“………… I don't know what happened later...... Gradually, he didn't show up............ I've made a vegetable soup every day and waited for it............"

"What! It turned out that I was dumped! ”

"Huh!?"

Hearing Bai Ming's comment, Yu Zidi turned her head a little angrily, but what greeted her was the empty bowl that had been eaten by Bai Ming.

"One more bowl! ………… You must not have burned enough, right? After all, such a delicious vegetable soup, only one pot is not enough! ”

Hearing Bai Ming's answer, Yuzidi was silent for a while and took the empty bowl in her hand.

"It's not like you, so greedy!" As he spoke, he handed over the wooden bowl full of thick soup.

"Yes............"

Bai Ming took the wooden bowl and continued to eat..................

With the help of the beetles, the three of them finally reached the top of the mountain at the height of the moon.

"Just send us to this place! Thank you! Bai Ming jumped off the beetles and said to them.

"Thank you for your help along the way!" Fubo handed a large piece of candy to the two beetles as a thank you gift.

"Thank you!"

"Goodbye!"

The beetles accepted the blessing and said goodbye, turned and walked down the hill.

Saying goodbye to the two beetles, the three of them walked along the last short stretch of the mountain road to the observation deck at the top of the mountain.

Along the way, Mikochi spotted many small herbaceous plants bearing red fruits, and after taking a closer look, she said to the two behind her, "There are a lot of alpine tomatoes around here!" ”

"These tomatoes are so thick! You can't eat it at all! Bai Ming said.

"But the small animals in the mountains are probably used as food, right?" Fubo picked a tomato, tossed it in his hand, and said.

"Do birds eat?" Mikochi looked at the alpine tomato in front of him again and said.

"Na! Miko Land. Could it be that Kraft is the sunset kite? Because I ate too many tomatoes, my whole body turned red or something............" Bai Ming finished speaking, and walked quickly towards the top of the mountain.

"How is that possible............ Miko smiled, turning around and following Ukiba, continuing to climb up.

After passing through the alpine tomato field in front of them, the three of them appeared in front of a panoramic view of the illuminated town of Makinata. The lights of the town and the brilliant starry sky in the sky complement each other, forming a beautiful picture.

"It's finally here! It's the top of the mountain! Bai Ming pushed aside the tomato bush and called out to the two people behind him.

"Ah.................. What a beautiful view! Mikochi walked to the rock where the top of the mountain was located, felt the cool breeze in front of him, and sighed.

"If only there were a camera...... I'd love to take a picture of it! Fubo walked over to the rocks and sat down.

"Yo Si! Before dawn, let's have some late-night snack! Bai Ming turned to the two behind him and said.

"Supper?" The land of Miko is unknown.

"That's what happened!"

Fubo took the backpack that Bai Ming helped pack before, and after opening it, he took out the same thing as Bai Ming's backpack.

"Look! Peanuts！ ”

That's right! The two of them took out of their backpacks the peanuts that were the length of their arms.

"One should be enough for each of us, right?" Bai Ming proposed.

"Thank you so much!" Yu Zidi took the red-skinned peanuts handed over by Bai Ming and said.

"Why don't you take that extra peanut as a gift for that sunset kite?" Fubo proposed.

"Ahh What a great proposal! So do it! Floating waves. Bai Ming said with a smile.

"Na! Bai Ming, will the sunset kite eat it? ………… Peanuts. Miko asked.

"Saina~~ I don't know!"

"If only I could meet it!"

"I hope so! Miko Land. ”

However, the three of them waited until the sky appeared white, and the sunset kite mentioned in the newspaper still did not appear.

"I don't think I'll meet it today!" Mikochi said with a little loss.

"It looks like this! Na! Mikodi, is there still vegetable soup? ”

"I'll see............ Not! There's probably a bowl! Are you going to drink it? Mikodi opened the thermos cup and looked at it.

"Drink! ………… Na! Do you want to eat floating waves? I can give you half of it! Bai Ming took the wooden bowl full of thick soup in the Imperial Land and asked Fubo.

However, before the floating waves could reply, a huge red bird's beak reached into the wooden bowl in Bai Ming's hand and drank the vegetable soup in the bowl clean.

"Ahh It's the sunset! ”

That's right! The one who drank the vegetable soup in Bai Ming's hand was the legendary big bird with bright red feathers all over his body---- sunset kite!